Jacob Salzer
Born in Renton, WA USA
Living Vancouver, WA, USA
Jacob Salzer is a haiku poet who served as the managing editor for the following haiku anthologies: Yanty’s Butterfly (2016), New Bridges (2018), and Half A Rainbow (2020) and is currently the managing editor for a haiku anthology dedicated to people who don’t have access to clean water. His poetry website can be found at: https://jsalzer.wixsite.com/mareliberumhaiku
her whispers in the dark rain falling asleep
Hedgerow, #138, Spring 2022
a homeless man
mumbles something to himself
winter wind
Hedgerow #137, Winter 2022
dinosaur bones . . .
the length
of my shadow
Frogpond, Volume 44:3, Autumn 2021
picking kale –
the darkened veins
in grandma's hands
Kingfisher, issue #3, April 2021
lost
in my digital footprint . . .
the weight of snow
Kingfisher Issue #2, December 2020
sign language
the stories of a farm
in her hands
Presence #70, July issue, 2021
scent of green tea
in my travel mug
the forest's darkness
sea shell –
the old man curls
into a fetus
plum blossom . . .
before the baby
has a name
forest mist . . .
thoughts drift
into other worlds
cold wind seeking a flame – the river’s darkness
grandma’s ashes . . .
the Columbia River flows
into the sea
Counting Stars: Seabeck Haiku Getaway 2021 Anthology, Haiku Northwest Press, 2022
smell of moss
on our ancestor’s headstone
my father’s shadow
Visiting the Wind: Haiku Society of America Members’ Anthology 2021. Haiku Society of America, 2021.
autumn evening . . .
I step into
the owl’s dream
Paper Mountains: 2020 Seabeck Haiku Getaway Anthology, Haiku Northwest Press, 2021
this orange
touched by so many hands
I eat with gratitude
no thoughts
light filters through
the shape of glass
Frogpond 38:3, Autumn 2015
how many
become one
sound of rain
Frogpond 38:3, Autumn 2015
crashing
against the shore
moonlight
Modern Haiku 47:1, Winter 2016
solar eclipse
the untold stories
in grandma’s eyes
Failed Haiku, Volume 1, Issue 1, January, 2016
forgetting every word
of a long speech –
empty lecture hall
two strangers
smoking cigarettes
in pouring rain
The Sound of Rain, Lulu, 2014
power outage
no-one knows
what time it is
Birds With No Names, Lulu, 2014
sleeping butterfly . . .
do you remember life
as a caterpillar
Yanty’s Butterfly, Lulu, 2015
dead insects
on a stagnant pond
the distant rapids
Birds With No Names, Lulu, 2014
sunlight piercing through
holes in a conversation
a fan keeps spinning
Yanty’s Butterfly Lulu, 2015
sunlit mist
in unison
Orcas appear
and disappear
Yanty’s Butterfly Lulu, 2015